Atlanta Braves Trade Matt Kemp to Dodgers for Gonzalez, McCarthy, Kazmir, and Culberson

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Link: http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/21785774/atlanta-braves-trade-matt-kemp-los-angeles-dodgers-adrian-gonzalez-brandon-mccarthy-scott-kazmir-charlie-culberson
 
I'm not sure I understand this deal on either side.  I get that Dodgers want to clear payroll, but they easily got fleeced if they give up both Gonzalez and Kazmir for an aging Matt Kemp.  And how does this help the Braves who aren't ready to compete?  Certainly they win the deal (IMO), but it doesn't really help them unless they slip the players elsewhere.
 
This seems to me like a deal was made to make two other deals and that just doesn't seem wise to initiate a trade that may only incite another trade.  Risky and unpredictable. 
 

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Back where it all started?  Kemp was at one time one of the best players in the game.  Can he get it back?  Doubtful.  Can he be a productive bat off the bench?  Sure.  
 

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PWNdroia said:
Link: http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/21785774/atlanta-braves-trade-matt-kemp-los-angeles-dodgers-adrian-gonzalez-brandon-mccarthy-scott-kazmir-charlie-culberson
 
I'm not sure I understand this deal on either side.  I get that Dodgers want to clear payroll, but they easily got fleeced if they give up both Gonzalez and Kazmir for an aging Matt Kemp.  And how does this help the Braves who aren't ready to compete?  Certainly they win the deal (IMO), but it doesn't really help them unless they slip the players elsewhere.
 
This seems to me like a deal was made to make two other deals and that just doesn't seem wise to initiate a trade that may only incite another trade.  Risky and unpredictable. 
 
Gonzalez is awful and is a lockerroom cancer. Getting rid of him is addition by subtraction.
 

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.ptt81 said:
 
Gonzalez is awful and is a lockerroom cancer. Getting rid of him is addition by subtraction.
He was a locker room distraction for us as well.
 
But why Atlanta?  He's not going to help them rebuild.
 

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All but Culberson come off Atlanta’s books after this season. Believe Kemp still has 2 years left on his deal.
 

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